This is an amazing resource of Halloween costume ideas. All these costumes have won a local contest, and for good reason! Imaginative and extremely effective, you will find yourself returning to this section over and over again.
A little sample of what you will see here include everything from a mini Mr. T to a pop art version of a Stepford Wife. In addition, many costumes take their inspiration from game shows such as Wheel of Fortune and Plinko.
It seems like people have a lot of fun recreating their favorite movie characters. Considering so many of them won contests, it’s a favorite of contest judges as well. Find out how you can become Ben Stiller’s character from Dodgeball and the whole gang from Guardians of the Galaxy. Animated movies are represented here as well from Disney princesses to Rafiki from The Lion King.
Take lessons from the masters as they take concepts and turn them into recognizable costumes, hence landing them contest winner titles!
It wasn’t horribly difficult for my stepdaughter and I to make this walking tree costume. The hardest part was finding the box that was big enough. We found a thin piece of metal that was sturdy enough to keep the round shape and used that at the top and stapled it to the box. Then took a … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided to do a couple’s costume idea this year. I was a pink loofah and he was a bar of Soap. To make the loofah costume, I bought about between 25-30 yards of pink tulle, two bundles of elastic, and two yards of white rope. First I cut the tulle, leaving … Read more
This super sized Beth and Dog the Bounty Hunter couple Halloween costume all started with left over fake boobs from last year’s costume, so I built upon that. I had to ask myself who has big boobs and would be super fun to portray…….Dog and his wife Beth! Perfect! The search was on for the rest of the … Read more
When we decided to make this Man in a Cage Illusion costume we assumed it would be fairly simple. After walking through numerous hardware stores to find material to make the cage we found out we were wrong. Apparently you cannot buy CPVC 3 way or 4 way connectors here in Canada! After a few good … Read more
When my daughter asked me to be a hot air balloon for Halloween I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off. With the help and brains of my hubby we had this figured out in no time! Building this was quite simple. We cut out the bottom of a basket and used our snowmobile … Read more
I had no idea where to begin when my eight year old said she wanted to be a chocolate cupcake this year for Halloween. I was thrilled when I stumbled onto this website! The costume was surprisingly easy and fun to make. It took me awhile trying to figure how to attach the bottom pieces … Read more
I love to play on words! I found a bee costume at the thrift store, it was missing parts so it was really inexpensive! I picked up some fishnet tights and a pair of Tinkerbell wings (clear). We had so much fun making blood with food coloring, coco powder and corn syrup! Simple putting it together! … Read more
I run for the University of Mississippi and we had to dress up for practice this year! Winner with the best costume received a gift card. I happened to win the contest with my easy last-minute Thug Life Costume so that was pretty sweet considering I spent $0 on it! I just borrowed some boxers, … Read more
Back in 2009, my mother and I were on your website and came across a photo of a headless boy with his head in a jar (2007’s grand prize winner). We were captivated, and that year, my mom recreated that costume for herself (minus the jar). Dressing up as well, my husband and I attended … Read more
I got most of my materials for Oscar the Grouch costume at Wallmart! The green fur is made out of green bath rugs. I had an old wire hanging flower pot that I used for the top of my head and then sewed the green bath rugs onto there. The bottom half of my head/chin was … Read more
My niece is a real girly girl most of the time, but she also likes bugs and dinosaurs. When she saw a pattern I had for dinosaur costumes (Simplicity 1765) she insisted that we scrap the rainbow princess idea she had originally presented and go with a triceratops. And it had to be pink. The … Read more
I started making my sexy Peacock costume about 3 weeks before Halloween. I purchased a corset from Charlotte Russe for $10, a tutu from Party City for about $12 with a coupon. I ordered the feathers from Joann’s Fabrics (6) of the 12 pack – 36 inch feathers for $7.99 a pack and by using … Read more